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Subject: Geospatial Information Librarian UC Riverside
http://library.ucr.edu/employment/staff.php?jobid=79&type=L THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES |
Rank
Assistant Librarian/Associate Librarian/Librarian
Salary
$47,722 - $88,253
Organizational Unit
Research and Instructional Services
Position Overview: The University of California, Riverside (UCR) Library seeks applications and nominations for an innovative, dynamic,
and knowledgeable professional to serve as Geospatial Information Librarian. This librarian will foster and promote geospatial research, teaching, and learning, by developing services and relevant content to partner with faculty, researchers, and students
across the disciplines.
Located an hour’s drive to the east of Los Angeles, an hour west of Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley, an hour east of ocean beaches, ninety minutes north of San Diego, and an hour south of mountain ski resorts, UCR is located in an area of dramatic landscapes
and rich cultural traditions. The University is a dynamic, aggressively-developing land grant research institution dedicated to preparing its diverse student body to be successful competitors in the world marketplace of ideas. UCR boasts the first new School
of Medicine to open on the West Coast in forty-three years; a new School of Public Policy; and the Bourns College of Engineering, ranked 10th in the world according to an international ranking organization.
UCR is a world-class research university with an exceptionally diverse undergraduate student body. Its mission is explicitly linked to providing routes to educational success for underrepresented and first-generation college students. A commitment to this mission
is a preferred qualification.
The UCR Library is a critical partner in preparing UCR’s students to be globally competitive while simultaneously preparing them for careers in the Inland Empire and beyond. The mission of the UCR Library is no less than to bring the world’s information resources
to the UCR community and to ensure that UCR students, faculty, and staff have the skills to fully exploit those resources to change the world for the better.
The UCR Library is building a team of intensely collaborative, forward-thinking colleagues dedicated to providing excellent services to our students, faculty, and community members in a rapidly evolving information environment. The successful candidate will
be technologically sophisticated; committed to problem-solving in local, regional, national, and international arenas; and able to develop innovative solutions to complex problems.
The UCR Library is comprised of four facilities housing more than 3,000,000 volumes, 97,000 print and electronic journals, and 2,300,000 microforms. The Library provides services to more than 21,000 students and 1,830 faculty and other academics in an organization
that is planning for and experiencing extensive growth. The successful candidate will join an enthusiastic staff of 118 librarians and support personnel (including student FTE) in the work of building a research library of excellence within a dynamic and diverse
university ranked among the top 50 in the nation. The UCR Library is a member of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Among the unique collections of the UCR Library are the Water Resources Collections and Archives, the Rupert Costo Library of the
American Indian, the Paul Chou Collection of Chinese history and culture, the George Brown Papers, collections documenting the Tuskegee Airmen, and the Eaton Collection of Science Fiction & Fantasy. Information about the UCR Library is available at
http://library.ucr.edu.
The UCR Library is an integral part of the University of California library system. With collections totaling 30 million volumes, UC’s more than 100 libraries are surpassed in size on the American continent only by the Library of Congress collection. In addition,
UC’s California Digital Library provides the core of the University’s digital collections. CDL also assists UC to share resources and holdings more effectively, and provides leadership in applying technology to the development of library collections and services.
Organizationally situated within the UC Office of the President, the CDL operates in close collaboration with all UC campuses and their libraries.
UC professional librarians are academic appointees and are represented by an exclusive bargaining unit, University Council-American Federation of Teachers (UC-AFT). This position is in the bargaining unit.
Responsibilities:
The Geospatial Information Librarian will enhance curricula, foster and promote research innovation, develop services and relevant content relating to geospatial and visual thinking across the disciplines. The librarian will manage a map unit that includes
geographic information systems (GIS) workstations and a collection of U.S. Geological Survey topographic and thematic maps, aerial photographs, atlases, reference materials, and gazetteers. Under the general direction of the Director of Research Services,
the Geospatial Information Librarian:
Required Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
Salary and Benefits:
Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience. Appointment at rank of Assistant Librarian, Associate Librarian or Librarian depending upon qualifications and experience. Advancement through the librarian ranks at the University of California is through
a series of structured, merit-based evaluations, occurring every two to three years, each of which includes substantial peer input. Excellent retirement system, health, and vacation benefits.
Application Information:
Please complete and submit the information requested in APRecruit (cover letter addressing qualifications and experience related to the primary duties of the position, resume/curriculum vitae, and three to five professional references as directed at
https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/apply/JPF00542
The final date to apply is April 11, 2016.
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability,
protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.